As India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vied to wrest back control of Jharkhand state in November elections, a video circulated in social media posts that falsely claimed it showed BJP politician Shivraj Singh Chouhan berating one of his party mates. The footage in fact shows him criticising the opposition alliance that governs Jharkhand.<\/strong><\/h3>\n“Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s big attack on Chief Minister Mohan Yadav,” read a Hindi-language\u00a0Facebook post<\/a> that shared the video on October 4, 2024.<\/p>\nThe video shows Chouhan berating “power brokers” who “have ruined children\u2019s futures”. Hindi text overlaid on the video claims he was referring to Mohan Yadav.<\/p>\n
Chouhan was replaced by Yadav<\/a> as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh — one of the right-wing BJP’s heartland states — by party bosses following November 2023 elections (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nHe was later\u00a0appointed<\/a> minister of agriculture, tasked with quelling widespread farmers’ protests, and as the BJP’s\u00a0election-in-charge<\/a> for the eastern state of Jharkhand (archived\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"<span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div]()
Screenshot of the false post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\nThe clip was shared with similar claims on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\nBut Chouhan’s statement was aimed at opposition leaders in Jharkhand — not Yadav.<\/p>\n
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A reverse image search on Google found a longer version of the video shared on Chouhan’s official X account<\/a> on October 2 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe X post’s caption read: “The coalition government of JMM and Congress ruined the future of the children of Jharkhand. They were left to wander from door to door. Jharkhand has to be saved, the soil, the food, the daughters of this place must be saved – Shivraj Singh Chouhan.”<\/p>\n
Chouhan was speaking after a BJP Parivartan<\/a> (Change) rally that day in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe BJP is pushing to wrest back control of the state from a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance government<\/a> in November\u00a0elections<\/a> (archived here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\nBelow is a screenshot comparison of the clip shared in false posts (right) and the video posted on Chouhan’s official X account (left):<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"<span>Screenshot]()
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The video shows Chouhan berating “power brokers” who “have ruined children\u2019s futures”. Hindi text overlaid on the video claims he was referring to Mohan Yadav.<\/p>\n
Chouhan was replaced by Yadav<\/a> as chief minister of Madhya Pradesh — one of the right-wing BJP’s heartland states — by party bosses following November 2023 elections (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n He was later\u00a0appointed<\/a> minister of agriculture, tasked with quelling widespread farmers’ protests, and as the BJP’s\u00a0election-in-charge<\/a> for the eastern state of Jharkhand (archived\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a><\/span>).<\/p>\n The clip was shared with similar claims on\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n But Chouhan’s statement was aimed at opposition leaders in Jharkhand — not Yadav.<\/p>\n A reverse image search on Google found a longer version of the video shared on Chouhan’s official X account<\/a> on October 2 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The X post’s caption read: “The coalition government of JMM and Congress ruined the future of the children of Jharkhand. They were left to wander from door to door. Jharkhand has to be saved, the soil, the food, the daughters of this place must be saved – Shivraj Singh Chouhan.”<\/p>\n Chouhan was speaking after a BJP Parivartan<\/a> (Change) rally that day in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The BJP is pushing to wrest back control of the state from a Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-led alliance government<\/a> in November\u00a0elections<\/a> (archived here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n Below is a screenshot comparison of the clip shared in false posts (right) and the video posted on Chouhan’s official X account (left):<\/p>\nClipped video<\/h3>\n